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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-05-21

The bachelors lot is lonely and sad,
Poor man!
dc hasn't wife TO make his heart glad,
He doesn't know how he'd be blessed II he
had.
Nor can
lie conceive what he has lost,
He thinks be has only escaped sbeing
bossedn--
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-05-21
BILIOUSNESS
Dyspepsia and Malaria

II had been sick for several years. being troubled
chiefly with dyspepsia and malaria. had medical
attendance bat only grew worse. until one day in
February my wife brought me 10 tie Of Hoods
sarsaparlla. which have entirely cured me.
have not been troubled by any ailmsnt since
taking Ia. | consider Ia a very valuable medicine
JoHs ERsgIxH, Chillicothe, Ohio.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-05-21
Hoods SarsapariIls


Sold by all druggists o.: six Tor IS. Prepared onl
by c. !. Hood A Co., Apothecaries, Lowell. Mas
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-05-21

Poor mnnl
O, the bachelors heart is sorry and sore,
Indeedl
He knows he can never know Joy any
more,
And he looks upon life as a terrible bore,
Agreed
With the croaker that life doesn't pay,
And to all thoughtless lovers impatient 10
say
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-05-25
Buffalo Bones.

A few years ago when buffaloes were
more plentiful on the great Western
plains than they are to-day or ever will
be again, they W re ruthlessly slaughtered
by n-sportsmean-like hunters, who gain
ed the name of skin-strippers," since
their only motive in Staying the beasts
was to secure their hides. There was al
ways great and steady demand for buff
falo robes, and the skin-strippers found
their occupation profitable as it was wan
ton and unjustifiable 1t is hardly un-
necessary TO say that the business of skin
ming buffaloes could not prove profitable
at the present time. 1t will never again
be possible for the enterprising 'skin-
strippers to sweep down upon enormous
herds of these noble, though nngainly
creatures and slaughter them by the
score, leaving their skin-denuded car
casses TO rot upon the plains or furnish
food for the wolves and coyotes. Realiz-
ing this fact, the skin-strippers have
taken up new and less exciting oecupa-
ton, ard are now known as Z" bone-hunt-
ers.n
That the gathering of buffalo bones is
recognized industry is easily proved by
the following figures. During the season
of 1881 there were shipped east over the
line of the Northern Pacific railroad
alone 1855 tons, or nearly 500 cars of
bones. These bones were brought to va
rious points on the line of the railroad. by
the bone hunters, and were then sold to
the agents of the consumers. They We're
at that time worth S24 ton ON the mar
ket, and paid the railroad company on an
average little over S6 ton in freight
charges. They are used chiefly by sugar
refineries. bone black establishments and
carbon works"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-05-25
Hard to ConStrue.

Look here" said the brakeman, stirr-
ing up the sleeping passenger, who was
doing the miles away while a forbidding
looking dog slumbered quietly al his feet.
Look mere, that dog can't ride in this
ear
81 know he can't" muttered the pas
senger, but he does, doesn't he?"
But he can't ride any longer shout
ed the brakeman.
Course not" said the passenger, half
opening his eyes in sleepy interest, " full
grown dog; never be any longer than he
is now"
But he can't ride any more" said the
brakeman, showing signs of irritation.
Nc replied the passenger, opening
his eyes wide, " he seems To be getting all
the ride the old train can give him now. "
But, roared the brakeman, he won't
ride another mile"
Cant bet on that" said the passenger,
doing away again "Queer dog owned
him six wears, and never can tell one
minute what he will do the next"
but he mustn't ride in here" shrieked
the brakeman.
Course he mustn't" sleepily said the
passenger, wife says every day he
mustn't come into the house, and he just
lives in il"
Well, by thunder" roared the brake
man, he's got to get out of here F"
That's what book-keeper says at the
office wearily groaned the sleepy pas
senger, land he sleeps under the desk
when he isn't scratching for rats under
the safe and in the waste basket
Then the brakeman got mad and went
TO the conductor - There's man in
here got dog with him." he said, land
! can't make him bulge out of the car
with it'
~oh, that sleepy old duher in the
Pennsylvania coach?" said the conduc-
tor 81 tried him myself and he wore
out the imperative mood of all the verbs
in the grammar on me before got mad
enough to bounce him, and then he went
TO sleep. Let him alone. He gets off at
the next station, and Tn going to run
him by about seventy miles"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-05-25
Astonishing Success.

II is the duty of every person who has
used Bosci,ee's German Syrup to let Its
wonderful qualities be known 10 their
friends in curing Consumption, severe
Coughs, Group, Asthma, Pneumonia, and
in fact all throat and lung diseases. No
person can use it without immediate re-
lief. Three doses will relieve any case,
and we consider it the duty of all Drug
gists to recommend it TO the poor, dying
consumptive, al least to try one bottle, as
$4,000 dozen bottles were sold last year,
and no one case where it failed was re-
ported. Such medicine as the German
Syrup cannot be too widely known. Ask
your druggist about it. Sample bottles TO
try. sold at 10 cents. Regular size sold
at IS cents. Sold by all Druggists and
Dealers, in the United States and Canada.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-05-25
Natures Provision.

In conversation drifting toward the
many wise provisions of nature, the Rev
Mr.. Machel said: The other day, in my
intellectual excursions. | came across u
wonderfully sensible paper treating of the
snakes. The long black snake is espec-
tally useful He goes into the dense
swamps. worms himself among the reek
and flags and devours thousands of scor-
pions. and lizards, which, without his
timely interference, would become too
numerous. So, you see, everything, even
the black snake, is useful, being created
for purpose"
That is all very well" one of the rev.
erend gentleman's listeners replied. 1--WE
recognize the usefulness of the snake be-
cause he devours scorpions and lizards
but OF what use, pray tell me, are the
scorpions and lizards?"
They eat innumerable insects" the
minister triumphantly replied.
All right; but of what use are the in
sects?r
The insects? Why er-they serve as
food for the lizards"
Yes; buto what use are the lizards p
Why, you must be blind not to see
that they serve as food for the snakes
"Of course see that, but that only
brings up the question of what use are
the snakes"
To eat the lizards, | tell you. Nv
dear sir," the minister added, 1t is moi
strange that philosophy advances SC
slowly, when we think of mans narrow.
ness of understanding. .'-Arkansas Trar.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-05-25

lips parted in little cry, for DIR. Danton
rose from the grass on the other side Of
the wall. where he had been sitting.
"what does this mean, Leaf" he said
composedly. "Why are you running
away from me :"
Turning red and pale, Lea looked up
into face so grave, so gentle, and 80 full
OF concern for her evident grief that ali
restraint vanished
"To be 80 kind all summer-to take
care of me and pet me and then 10 write
such letters; oh, did you think because |
was little country girl had no feeling p
sobbed Lea.
Lea, my darling what is all this I"
asked DR., Denton
She told him; she showed him the bits
of writing.
at is yours there is no mistake she
cried.
Vest, it is mine. Lea. Now, listen
In my summers rest and leisure / have
INDUCED myself in writing novel, which
is 10 be published next year. This is a
scrap of discarded manuscript. Child,
has this mistake really grieved you? Do
you love me? love you dearly, Lea ;
viii you be my wife,"
Not long after Mrs. Caxton was aston
ished to see DIR. Danton driving old
Pharaoh into the yard. He sprang out
and assisted Lea TO alight-
Lea and are engaged, and l have
begged her not to leave home just at pres
ent," he said.
Umph. then he will marry her !"
said Mrs. Caxton to herself
And he did.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-05-25
The Change of Climate in Egypt

The New York 7i1bunegives the follow
ing in relation to recent remarkable eli
matte changes in Egypt:
The prevalence of typhoid and other
forms of malarial fever at Cairo during
the past months tends to complete the
ruin of the reputation of the Egyptian
capital as winter resort for invallds.
Within the last few years the climate of
the Nile Delta has entirely changed, and
whereas until 1873 such thing as rain
was entirely unknown at Cairo, there is
nowadays one perpetual and almost trop-
ical downpour, which commences in No
vember and lasts until March. Not only
this but two years ago there was actually
a snowfall at Suez ON the banks of the
Red Sea, which astonished and frighten-
ed the natives. The atmospheric changes
are sometimes attributed to the existence
of the Suez Canal and of the Sweet Wa
ter Canal, and are naturally causing COM
plete revolution in the construction of
houses and mode of life. The entire
roofs have had to be rendered water tight,
fireplaces and stoves installed in all the
rooms instead of the old time braziers,
and even the unfortunate sellah is on the
lookout for some more resisting material
than the dried mud which he has hither-
to used 10 build his howell
A much more serious result however, is
the growing unhealthiness of the place.
The Cairo of to-day is built on the ruins
of some eight or ten defunct cities which
have in turn preceded it during the cen
turies. 1t is perched on the top of a sort
of plateau formed by some sixty feet of
detritus of all kinds. Potsherds, wicker
work, cinder, scraps of metal, bits of tile,
and heaven only knows what else be-
sides, constitute the substrata of the city.
Now as long as there was no regular rain
fall, no i'll effects were experienced, for
the annual inundation of the Nile merely
affected the immediate vicinity of the riv-
er banks. But the climatic changes, have
altered all this. The heavy rain, which
falls day after day during the winter
months, regularly soaks through this det-
ritus and in fact renders it nothing
more or less than heap of wet garbage.
Every night dense gray mist may be OBJ
served rising up from the ground, and
shrouding the city to which, strange to
say, invalids are sent in search of health
Moreover the moisture in conjunction
with the detritus producesa sort of chem
ical substance which saps and literally
eats away the foundations of all the old
buildings. In few years the incompar-
able tombs of the Caliphs and of the
Mamelukes with all their delicate tracery
and emblems of the most glorious period
of Saracenic Art viii have disappeared,
and very serious fears are entertained
about the existence of the grand old
Mosque of Sultan Hassan, the principal
Basilica, if so it may be termed, of the
Mahometan religion
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-05-25
Many Signs of Rain.


Ifmoles cast up hills it will rain.
If swallows fly lower than usual, expect
rain.
Ifthe crickets sing louder than usual,
it will rain.
If frogs and toads croak more than us
ual, expect rain.
Ifthe eonvulyulusand chickweed closes
there will be rain.
If eats lick their bodies and wash their
faces, it will rain
If the cock crows more than usual and
earlier, expect rain.
If worms creep ont of the ground in
great numbers, expect rain.
1t the marigolds continue shut after
O'Clock in the evening, expect rain.
If cattle leave off feeding and chase
each other in their pastures. it will rain.
If seabinls fly toward land and land
birds toward the sea, there will be rain.
If bees remain in their hives or fly but
a short distance from them, it will rain.
If the crows make great deal of noise
and fly round and round, there viii be
rain.
If water fowls scream more than usual
and plunge into the water, there will be
rain.
If the leaves of the trees move without
any perceptible wind, rain may be look
ed for.
If fish bite more readily and gambol
near the surface of streams and ponds, it
will rain.
If sheep and goats spring about in the
meadows and fight more than usual, ex-
pect rain.
If peacock and guinea fowls scream and
turkeys gobble, and if quails make more
noise than usual, there will be rain.
If horses stretch out their necks and
sniff the air and assemble in the corner
of field with their heads to the leeward,
it will rain.
If smoke from chimneys blows down,
or if SCOT takes fire more readily than US
ual, or falls down the chimney into the
crate, expect rain.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-05-25
A Slight Compensation.

Mrs Bolster lost two husbands within a
year; the first died natural death, and
the other was killed in railroad acci-
dent six months later. Very naturally
the doubly bereaved woman was pros
trated by grief and her pastor went to her.
This is sad, sad blow, Sister Bolster, >
he said tenderly, as he took her hand.
lists almost too-too-too much
TO bear she sobbed Yes, yes, sister;
but the Lord tempers the wind to the
shorn lamb, and he sends no atiiiction
for which he does MT in some way com
pensate the sufferer
| know, know" she said brighten
ing little, and in my case ! find that
the mourning bought TO wear for George
will do for Henry bai | can't help
weeping while my sorrow is fresh, for
Henry did give promise of being such a
comfort" and the stricken woman broke
down again.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-05-25
NOTICE

Is hereby given that the Farfners' Union Asso
ciation and Fire Insurance Company Of Somerset
County. presented to the Court of Common Pleas
Of Somerset County their petition praying the said
court 70 grant. under the provisions of the Act Of
Assembly in such cases made and provided. Ger
tain amendments, Improvements and other alter
aiions to the original charter Of the said corpora
iion 20 as 70 enable them hereafter to insure The
contents of farm buildings well rs the buildines
themselves, aud providing for the issuing Of two
CLASSES OF policies one for contents the other for
buildings, npoh which petition an interocatory
decree has been made as prayed for, and that n,
application will be Llade to the said Canrf an the
18th day Of May, 1857, at O'Clock A. NJ for a final
decree in the premises.
JAvgB swAKTzESDRuBER, JAG NuSSER
4H-H. Secretary. President
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-05-25
A Good Endorsement.


DIR. Geo. w. Miller, of Clarkson, y. Y,
under date of May 2l, 1883, writes: After
several months experience in prescribing
Gilmore's Aromatic Wine, | find it very
beneficial as tonic an appetizer follow
ing feyers, and in the debility of some
cases consequent upon child birth. ]
think tia safe and admirable toni. to
use with old people. When used as a
tonic have noted marked improvement
in the nearly ever present leucorrhea,
or female weakness. with which so many
ladies suffer" Gilmore's Aromatic Wine
Isl medicine, not a beverage, and is the
best tonic and vitalizer known for men,
women and children.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-05-25
TheYoune Man who Showed OFF


| The other day young man about
twenty years Of age accompanied by a
girl two or three years younger, reached
the city by Bay City train. and after
looking around for few hours returned
TO the depot and bought some sandwich
es for lunch. The fellow was heard brag-
ging a good deal as TO what he had done
and could do, and cities he had visited,
and by-and-by he walked up to the de-
pot policeman and handed him four five
cent cigars, and said:
"That's my girl in there"
Yes
She Just thinks her eyes of me-"
@So?r
"I'ye never had chance to show her
how I'd die for her if necessary, and it
seems to me we might put up a little job
right here
How
"Well, suppose me and her walk out to
see.the river. leave her for moment.
Some chap comes along and begins to
chin to her ! rush back and knock him
into the middle of next week. She'd
want to marry me within week. Girls
of her age Just dote on heroes, you know"
Yes, they do
"Well, you help me. You pick out
some chap around here and tell him what
I'm up to, and won't mind standing the
treats for all hands When l rush in on
him he'd better rum"
Five minutes later the girl stood on the
wharf alone. A fellow big enough to
pitch barrel of flour over a freight car
approached in careless way and obsery-
ed:
"Fine day. miss ?"
Yes, sir
"Nice qiew of the Canada shore?"
Yes, indeed
MAY | offer you some peppermint
loz-"
Just then the young man came rushing
down. When he came within ten feet of
the pair he cried out:
"Villain take your leave or I'll toss
you into the river."
"Oh, guess moi" !" carelessly replied the
other
Base scoundred am here to rescue
this young girl from your elutchesl"
Don't bust any buttons off, my young
cub"
The young man made dash. He had
to or wilt. He rushed at the big chap
with arm upraised and heroism in his
eve, and the next minute he was picked
up and tossed over among lot of green
hides as carefully as if he had been glass.
Then the big man raised his cap to the
girl, smiled sweetly as he bowed and
scraped his foot and he was out of sight
before the young man recovered sufii-
ciently to call out:
Minnie, did kill him?',
NO, Henry"
"Thank heaven that / am not guilty
of murder Let him beware, however.
Another time may not be able to re-
strain myself"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-05-25
Queer Stakes.

have heard of queer stakes in my
time" remarked Pacific coast man. But
think lean discountany of the sort in M
own experience. l was playing cards in
Georgia some years ago and became in.
volved in dispute with native that
|ssent him to the hospital and me to Jail
There was strong prejudice against
gambling in the vicinity, and my lawyer
told me that / was in a very tight fix.
| made the best of the situation, and
managed to get on good terms with the
sheriff--a typical Georgian, and. by the
way, pretty good fellow. One day |
discovered by accident that he was a
great faro bank fiend. It seems that he
had been quite wealthy at one time, but
had lost about all his property against
the game, and would walk ten miles
through swamp to play. That just
suited me. / chalked out a lay out on
my floor, got an old deck of cards and
dealt faro for him.
ssWe used buttons for chips, and
he would squat outside my grated door,
and tell ME where to place his bets.
In few days had all his ready cash.
Then he sold mule and lost that. 1t is
too tedious to tell in detail, but head by
head his stock all vanished Then he
put up his watch and chain and suit Of
clothes. l won them and made him
poke them through the CRATES. In a
week my cell looked like a country
store. had boots, hams, a pair ofscales
and the .sherifiPs Office stationery bar
rel of -four, a saddle and feather bed.
At last he came in and said
John. I'll tell what I'll do, You
have won everything / can move, except
the kids and the old woman, and now
III play you game of seyen-up for all |
have lost agaist your liberty"
It's a go.'
We played through the CRATES. !
tell you il was exciting. 1t was neck
or nothing with me, and you could
hear the old sheriff breathe clear over
in the next lot We got six apiece
and il came my deal. ! turned up
jack"
That puts you out" said the sheriff
unlocking the door Now get out
"He claimed that the conditions of
the game did not bar him from taking a
shot at me, and | as went over the fence
he LET oifa young cannon in my direction.
guess though that the last jack made
him nervous, for the load went over my
head and crippled adarkey in acornfield.
didn't stop to inquire how badly he was
hurt"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-05-25
1t is a Curious Fact

That the body is now more susceptible to
medicine than at any other season.
Hence the importance of taking Hoods
saraparills now, when it will do you the
most good. Ii is really wonderful for
purifying and enriching the blood, Great
ing an appetite, and giving a healthy tone
to the whole system. Be sure to get
Hoods sarsapariilas which is peculiar to
itself
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-05-25

Some one comes forward with the
theory that cigarette smoking tends to
softening the brain. This is not exactly
right, but softening of the brain tends to
cigarette smoking.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-05-25

A Dresden journal devoted to house.
hold matters and philosophy says that
children should never be put into era
die, as the rocking of the young brain has
a tendency to stupefy it.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-05-25

Men are strange creatures. They will
waste an hour hunting a collar button i'm
stead of having an extra supply and let.
ting their wife find the missing one.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-05-25
WEST-BoUND TRAINS.

IIhe Tine gwen i Eastern Standard Time
Mail Trains connect at lockwood with trains
10 and from Somerset and JOhnstown. at Hvnd-
man with trains 70 and from Bedford at Garrett
with trains TO and from Berlin at Salisbury June
ton with trains 70 and from salisbury
W. NJ. CLEMENTS. Manager.
G. &. LORD, Gen1 Pass. Agt.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-05-25

THE REV. GEO. ii. THAYER, of Bour-
bon, Ind, says: Both myself and wife
owe our lives to Ssiioh's Consumption
Cure" Sold by G. W. Benford & Son.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-05-25

FOR dyspepsia and liver complaint. yor
have a printed guarantee on every bottle
of Shiloh's yitalizer. 1t never fails te
cure. Sold by Geo. w. Benford q Son.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-05-25

Tiles of deep color are used to border
book cases, the smaller plain tile being
placed in bands of color between the
shelves.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-05-25

"HACKMETACK,' a lasting and fra
grant perfume. Price 25 and 80 cents
Sold by Geo. W. Benford & Son.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-05-25

A NASAL injector free with each bot
tie of shiloh's Catarrh Remedy Price sc
cents. Sold by Geo. w. Benford & Son,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-05-25

sHILOHs Cure win Immediately re-
liese Group, whooping cough and bron-
chitis- Sold by Geo. w. Benford & Son.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-05-25

sHILoHs Cararrh Remedy-aposifive
cure for catarrh, diphtheria and canker
mouth. Sold by Geo. W. Benford 4 Son.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-05-25
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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-05-25

You never saw woman look for pin
she dropped. Her husband finds it when
he walks around in his bare feet.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-05-25
THE PEOPLE

Who have been disappointed in the results Oh
tanned from the use of coca WINES, BEES
WINE and IRON, or the so-cailed EMULSION o.
COD LIVER OIL, should uss